Subtract from the great man all that he owes to opportunity, all that he owes to chance, and all that he gained by the wisdom of his friends and the folly of his enemies, and the giant will often be seen to be a pygmy.
Opportunity Quotes
The Chinese call luck opportunity and they say it knocks every day at your door. Some people hear it; some do not. It’s not enough to hear opportunity knock. You must let him in, greet him, make friends and work together.
Effective people are not problem-minded; they’re opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.
Unfortunately, regret is a part of human existence. To defeat it, you must confront your fears before the opportunity is lost. If you wait, the regret will eat away at you for the rest of your life.
Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation.
A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.
I don’t know anything about luck. I’ve never banked on it, and I’m afraid of people who do. Luck to me is something else: hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn’t.
The more the years go by, the less I know. But if you give explanations and understand everything, then nothing can happen. What helps me go forward is that I stay receptive, I feel that anything can happen.
Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.
